Vegetarian and regular? That's odd. It should just be fermented rice and other grains (there's no specific recipe, so it varies). I suppose if it has additives and coloring you can't be sure. The label on mine says water, glutinous rice, wheat bran, sugar, salt.

the one i have in front of me (longYanJing brand) says water, corn, wheat, peas, salt, sugar.

i have noticed that there are some things in the market that say "vegetarian" but which should already be vegetarian. [like mustard green pickles, which threw me for a loop to wonder what the hell they might have in them. i suppose like pyewacket says, color/flavor could account for some other additions.]

Well, maybe they are trying to play their marketing both ways. Label some of them vegetarian to get the attention of the veg people, but leave some unlabeled as such to appeal to the weirdoes who will be all "Yuck, it's vegetarian! Gross! I'm not buying that!"

I've seen companies do this with their refried beans. This makes sense because I won't buy them if they are marked veg and my dad won't buy them if they are (though he happily eats them if served unawares).

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